HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance and Software - Manual (Page 50)

Configuring the Software
34 Storage Management Appliance Software User Guide
The groups you import must be predefined. In addition, the SMA must be in the
same domain as the group you want to import, or the group must be in a domain
trusted by the SMA’s domain. See “
Domain Membership ” on page 43 for more
information.
After importing a group, you can change the group’s privilege level or remove the
group entirely.
Caution: If you remove a group that provides your authentication for the
Storage Management Appliance, you will lose access to the SMA.
After you import user groups, authentication for those imported users is
dependent on the SMA's domain membership. If the SMA is removed from the
domain, users from the imported group will no longer be able to log on to the
SMA. When the SMA rejoins the domain, the users from groups in that domain
regain their previous access privileges.
For detailed instructions on using the Groups pages, see the Storage Management
Appliance online help.